Jann Mardenborough
British racing driver
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| 2025 | Drives for HRT Ford Performance at the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. |
| 2024 | Competed in the Silverstone 500 round of the British GT Championship with Team RJN's McLaren 720S GT3 Evo. Won the Pro-Am class and secured an overall podium with Chris Buncombe. |
| 2023 | Competed in Super Taikyu Series ST-X class with HELM Motorsports, finishing 3rd in team standings. |
| 2023 | Portrayed by Archie Madekwe in the racing film Gran Turismo, which depicts his early career and personal life. Mardenborough served as a co-producer, stunt driver, and consultant for the film. |
| May 2023 | Returned to racing at the Fuji 24 Hours round of the Super Taikyu Series, driving for Helm Motorsports' Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3. Achieved pole position but finished fourth due to brake issues. |
| 2022 | Continued working as a simulator and car development driver for Nissan e.dams and McLaren in Formula E. |
| 2021 | Began working as a simulator and car development driver for Nissan e.dams and its customer team McLaren in Formula E. |
| 2021 | Began working as a simulator and car development driver for Nissan e.dams in Formula E. |
| 2020 | Left Nissan's GT500 lineup at the end of the season. |
| 2020 | Finished 19th in the GT500 championship with Kondo Racing, with only four points scored throughout the season. |
| 2019 | Transitioned to simulator driver role for Nissan e.dams in Formula E. |
| 2019 | Moved to Kondo Racing in Nissan's GT500 lineup, partnering with Mitsunori Takaboshi and finishing 14th in the championship. |
| 2018 | Became a test driver for Nissan e.dams in Formula E. |
| 2018 | Continued with Impul in Super GT, nearly winning the Fuji 500 mile race but forced out due to a loose intercooler pipe while leading by 25 seconds. |
| 2018 | Achieved his first GT500 podium finish at Sugo, passing Naoki Yamamoto and Jenson Button for the lead before finishing third due to overheating issues. |
| 2017 | Moved up to Super GT's GT500 class with Nissan's Impul team, finishing 15th in the standings with a best result of fifth place. |
| 2017 | Competed in Super Formula, finishing 14th overall with three top-eight finishes in seven races. |
| 2017 | Moved to Super GT's top GT500 class. Competed in Super Formula, taking a pole position. |
| 2017 | Competed in Super GT's GT500 class until 2020, scoring a single podium finish and contending for wins on multiple occasions. |
| 2016 | In Japanese F3 with B-Max Racing, Mardenborough claimed four wins and eight additional podiums, finishing runner-up to Kenta Yamashita by three points. |
| 2016 | Driving a Nissan GT-R GT3 for NDDP Racing, Mardenborough scored his maiden win in the second round of the Super GT season at the Fuji 500 km race. |
| 2016 | Moved to race in Japan. Competed in Super GT's GT300 class, winning a race and being a title contender. Finished runner-up in the Japanese Formula 3 Championship. |
| 2015 | Experienced a significant crash at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, which resulted in the tragic death of one spectator. Later gave permission for this event to be included in the Gran Turismo movie. |
| 2015 | Competed in the GP3 Series and in the FIA World Endurance Championship with Nissan Motorsports in the LMP1 class, though the team withdrew after one race. Named one of the 50 most marketable athletes in the world by Sports Pro Media. |
| 2014 | Competed in multiple racing series, including Toyota Racing Series where he finished 2nd overall, winning 3 races and securing 7 podiums. |
| 2014 | Competed in the GP3 Series. Finished second overall in the Toyota Racing Series. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, helped his team lead the LMP2 category for 14 hours. |
| 2013 | Competed in European and British Formula 3 championships. Made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing third in the LMP2 class. |
| 2012 | Competed in British GT Championship with RJN Motorsport, achieving 3 podiums and finishing 6th in the series. |
| 2012 | Competed in the Dubai 24 Hour race for Nissan, finishing third in class. |
| 2011 | Began racing career in GT4 European Cup with RJN Motorsport, competing in his first professional racing season. |
| 2011 | Won the GT Academy competition, becoming the third and youngest winner, beating 90,000 entrants to earn a professional racing contract with Nissan. |
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